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Last weekend at Bushy Park, 48 men and women over the age of 80 took part in the 3rd annual get together for octogenarians.
It just goes to show, it’s never too late to start - i should have at least another 20 years of running in me 🏃♀️
..and I have at least another 10.....Yeayyyyyy
On reflection... another 20!!!!
Yes I noticed that post, 19 ran sub 35 minutes and there were a few who ran sub 30 minutes, I think the quickest was around 27 minutes, hope for me as I am at age 73 will be running my first parkrun this Saturday morning.
Looking forward to your first parkrun report Al.
Be assured, I will send a report on Saturday morning after I complete my first parkrun, I think they send you a email, if not I'll wait until I see the official time on the Parkrun Website.
I will not be taking my Smartphone with me as I did 9 days ago with Mapmyrun or that metromone beats for a practice run, I will have a glance at my normal wristwatch at the start and just before the finish line. 😊 🏃
Good luck AlMorr ! Enjoy it.
Yes they do send out an email Al. Try to remember your token number in case there’s a problem. Enjoy!!!
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yes,you get an email and a text. my pr has up to 550 runners and result comes between 12-1pm.sometimes a bit earlier.the email also has age grading and gender position details.
have fun X
Thanks for that information 'runwithdog', I assume by your username you run parkruns with your dog, I have a cat, not heard of any cats running with their owner at parkruns, lol.
i run with my dogs in the week but have not done a pr with either of them yet,
this is because i am concentrating on my pace and time at the moment.
my local pr is quite busy and i will take bigdog there when it is cooler.
littledog worries about other dogs behind him sometimes so i will look for a quieter pr and maybe get a tabbard to wear?
i am sure a cat could do pr in a buggy haha
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Wiw 🙂 Hope for me maybe . I'm 73. never jogged. only just done w5r1 so way behind others.
Well done to you Skeg on completing weeks 1 to 4 and run 1 of week 5, you are now around half way through the program, onwards and upwards to run 2 of week 5. 🏃 😊 Yes you are the same age as me.
Well done for getting off the couch Skeg. You won’t regret it. That’s a great photo in your avatar.
Well done Skeg. One step or should I say one run at a time. I have never jogged either. At 30 I hadn't seen myself as a runner unless I was running to catch a bus or one of my children when they were little. I am 71, broke my ankle last year and am on my second time around of couch to 5k as I completed the runs and then hurt my foot again. It was badly bruised and swollen for over a week so decided to start from the beginning again. Just completed week 7 and starting week 8 today. Next is Bridge to 10K . Keep going, there is hope for us yet and keep smiling.
Sorry for delay in replying - life🙂 Hope the foot continues to heal. Puts my recent heel injection into perspective. I like your ambition to do Bridge to 10K. Good luck
Thank you and to you.
So I reckon I have 17 years to get to 30 minutes for 5 km. I’ll be thinking of you AM Saturday at 9. I’ll be trying that mini metronome at 155 bpm.
Good for you HeavyFoot, in Scotland and N. Ireland the parkrun start is 9.30am.
Thank you for thinking of me for my first parkrun, I will post a report on how it went once I get my official result. 😊 🏃 I am not taking my Smartphone with me on Saturday morning, so no Mapmyrun or metromone for pace, I'll just follow the person in front of me. 😊
Fantastic! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great post!... love it, makes me feel like a youngster at 62 😂😂😂
That’s so good for them and reassuring for everybody’s future isn’t it Dexy? I’d love to still be doing this in 10, 20 or 30 years time 😍
Me too TailChaser. I think I will go to bushy park on my 80th if I’m still about. There’s more chance now than there was.
Wonderful! 😀👍🏃🏽♀️🏃🏻🏃🏽♀️🏃🏻🏃🏽♀️🏃🏻
Fantastic read! As everyone says, hope I’m still dong this in 20 years time, and hopefully not too slowly either. Glad to see the octogenarians can beat me by a good few minutes just yet!
Oh, thanks for this. 👍 Gives me something to aim for. That would be such a fun thing to do, and I don’t have to wait as long as the rest of you! 😊 I may have to try group running after all....
One of the women knocked 2 minutes off their age group record too... though parkrun are saying they knocked it off the VM85-89 record.
Enjoy all 20 of those years... and then have a look at the absolute age grade record... that dude was 100, so you might have another 20 after that.
I’ll just plan for 20 for now UNM, and see how it goes. 🏃♀️
😂😂😂
Wow! Totally amazing. Have sent to my parents...
Yes keep them going as long as you can. 🏃♀️🏃♂️👏👏
It’s such an inspiration
Wow! Thanks for posting that Dexy. Aren’t they just amazing? Just in awe, going to have to try and push for a PB at parkrun on Saturday now most of them are faster than me 😂
An inspiration Lexi, I wonder if we’ll still be chatting on here when we get to their age. Ooh is this a trip to your kiwi parkrun before you head for UK tourism? Have fun and let us know how it goes.
Sorry for late reply Dexy, not getting any notifications on here at the moment just the “like” very frustrating, just a fluke that I re-visited your post. I hope we’re still on here at 80. I tailwalked at our parkrun last Saturday which was their 6th anniversary with barbecue put on, freezing cold and wet and by the time I got back only a handful of volunteers were still there to grab my high viz and give me my token. Everyone else had gone, including the bbq! Was feeling very underwhelmed to be honest, but saw police had closed off the road and on getting home I heard on the news that a man had been found dead in the stream, very sad for him and his family.
I’d like to do a couple more PR’s before we leave hopefully. (24 more sleeps until we leave!) 🇬🇧 🏃♀️🏃♀️🥝
That’s a tragic event to happen Lexi, and a shame it curtailed the parkrun celebrations. It will be interesting to see what you think of parkrun UK.
I plan to be running marathons in my 90s 💗
That's so great. Also made me realise I need to up my game !!!
Another 73 year old here. I'm on the injury couch with a knee problem at the moment, but only temporarily. I was parkrunning for a couple of months before this injury struck, but am keeping my hand in by volunteering at parkrun (I was a tail walker last Saturday) or by just walking the 5k instead of running. There's no embarrassment to doing that at parkrun
I'll soon be back running again and trying for a new pb.
Well done runner-and-rider. I hope you are back soon.
I wish I had seen them! Makes me feel young and very hopeful 😄
Wow. What a great story. They are quite a speedy lot!
My last competitive run before c25k course was 59 or 60 years ago at school.
Started c25k last year aged 75 and completed it in Nov, doing 4 - 5 ks regular, but eased off number of runs per week. Nursing an achilles prob due to pushing pace too hard.
Now happy just to go out and do any run without a target of speed or distance.
That’s a good attitude silverfox
Inspirational!
Fantastic! Not in any hurry to join that amazing group, but one day perhaps!
No you’ve got another 20 years left yet
10k PB - But too late to run! 🔥 🔥🔥
I'm too old for homework 👴
Too Hot to Trot
Longest "run" this year ... but forest path too rough to run much!
NRC 6k(ish) run: A sky too pretty not to share!
